Manifolding material



Patented Apr. 18', 1933 UNITED STATES LOUIS is. smart, or

PATENT OFFICE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, assrenon, BY rmsim ASSIGNMENTS, r0 mums w. menses, or NEW rozax, N. Y.

IANIFOLDING MATERIAL Application filed July 16, 1930, Serial 1W0c 488,261. Renewed March 1, 1988.

This invention relates to manifolding material of the character which includes a web formed of precollocated, long, continuous runner record strips and interposed, aligned transfer strips.

It is among the objects of the invention to provide amanifolding web in which the record and transfer strips are permanently retained in collocated arrangement against separation or misalignment in any direction, regardless of Whether the web is flat, rolled or folded, whereby the material may be freely handled and manipulated without danger of disturbing the correctly superimposed relation of the record and transfer strips.

Another object is to provide manifolding material of this'character which is transversely tearable, the tearing operation providing for the extension of the transfer material beyond the record material to provide grasping means for separating the transfer sheets from the record sheets of the pile.

Another object is to provide a transversely tearable manifolding web embodying connected, superposed record and transfer strips, in which the tearing of the'web to remove a v pile of record and transfer sheets therefrom acts to release or destroy the connection between the record sheets and the transfer sheets of the pile, and leaves either the transfer sheets or the record sheets of the pile retained together to provide ease and facility in separation of the sheets of the pile.

Another object is to provide a web of the character set forth, in which the interconnection of strips may be such as to permit slight, relative movement between the strips so that folding of the strips at the fastened means is possible without buckling, severance, or umgecessary strain on the material of the we I Another object is to provide a permanently secured, manifolding web, WhlCh may be readily folded in line with its securing means without producing impractical bulges in a stack of such material and in which a minimum of superimposing of the fastening means in the folded stack is in Another object is to provide a manifoldipfi web secured against either untoward late or transverse displacements of the strips forming the web. In the use of such material, it is pointed out that by the continual return and ar ofthe carriage of the typewriters or billing machines in which the material-is manner by which the material is capable of machine manufacture, so as to be readily suited to the demands of economy of production.

While the present invention is broadly ap plicable, the preferred embodiment, as herein presented, utilizes aplurality of long, continuous runner record strips having printed thereon a repeated series of-forms between which I apertured, or otherwise weakened,

transverse tear lines are provided, these tear lines being in superposed registry 1n the composite-web. Between the record stri s, a

plurality oftransfer strips are provide the transfer strips being subdivided into sheets underlying the forms by tear lines adjacent to, but offset from, tear lines of the record strips, the arrangement being such that transverse tearing provides a pile of record sheets and transfer sheets in which the transfer sheets are aligned with the forms of the record sheets and have portions which extend therebeyond one edge of the forms to be grasped independent y of the forms, while the record sheets of the pile, having no trans fer material between them attheir, opposite edges, where the are to be grasped may grasped indepen entl thus to facilitate removal of record sheet forms and transfer sheetsof the pile, from each other.

The construction preferably includes wire staples extending through the pack material and fastened throu h the tear lines of the record strips, where y transverse tearing operation releases the end staples from thelr normal retaining action with respect to the staples are secured are illustrated as larger than the staples to provide limited respective movement of the strips with respect to other strips and with respect to the staples themselves. Such movement compensates for the different amount of material of the inner and outer strips at a fold of the stack, and thus provides compensating means by which buckling, rupture or displacement of the strips is prevented. The staples are arranged in staggered relation so that should the material. be accordion folded, the staples will lie out of alignment with each other, thus to prevent bulging of the stack at its folded portions.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one ofvarious possible embodiments of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a stack or composite web of manifolding material embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on lines 2'2 of Fig. 1. 1

, Fig. 3 is a detail view of the stapled portion of the pack.

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the composite web with portions broken away to illustrate the position of the transfer material and its tear and fold lines. 7

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5, showing the tearing operation of the stack, by which a pile of interleaved forms and transfer sheets is provided. 7

Fig. 7 is a view illustrating the removal, of the transfer sheets from the pile, and

Fig. 8 is a view illustrating the transfer sheets after removal from the pile.

In the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates the long, continuous upper or original runner strip of record material, transversely subdivided at intervals by weakened tear lines 11 into a succession of individual sections, or sheets, upon which a repeated series. of print ed matter is provided to form individual, adjacent printed forms 12. The web of material further includes similar long, runner record strips 13 is superposed aligned relation with the original runner record strip 10.. Between the runner record strips is the transfer material, which in thepresent embodiment consists of continuous transfer strips 14.

It will be seen that in the present em-' bodiment the several strips of the composite web are arranged with their side edges in I 1,904.,erio' alignment so as to form a long, continuous manifolding web which may be zigzag or accordion folded, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The transfer strips or carbon paper strips 14 are also sub-divided to form transfer sheets lying between the relatively superposed sheets or forms 12 of the record strips, by transfer sheet tear lines 15. The tear lines of some of the strips are at least partially out of superposed registry with those of other strips at respective of said intervals of sub-division. This relation may be secured by having the tear lines 15 of the transfer'strips lying in longitudinally offset or spaced parallel relation to the tear lines 11 of the record strips,

as shown in the drawing,.wherein the severance lines 11 of the carbon strips are also means or devices, as the staples or wire clip fastener 16. These staples extend through apertures 17 of the web and are located in registry or coincident or in alignment with the tear lines of the record strips, the ends of the clips being bent outwardly tolie against the back face of the web as shown in Fig. 4. In the use of the material as shown in Fig. '6, transverse tearing of the pack along the tear lines of the record material will sever, or release, the clip from the record strip and will leave the clip attached to the detached transfer sheets 19, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The tear line 15 of the transfer material being downwardly spaced from or offset and at least partially out of registrywith the tear lines of the record material, provides not only for the continued retention of the transfer sheets in collocated formation after removal of the pile of rec ord forms and transfer sheets from the stack, but further provides an extending edge portion 20 of the transfer sheets, which portion protrudes from beneath the forms, thus to provide a finger-grip or grasping portion at one end or' point of the pile whereby the transfer sheets 1 may be independently grasped for removal from the forms as shown in Fig. 7. The removal of a pile or set of sheets from the end of the continuous web leaves the ends of the record sheets extending beyond the ends of the transfer sheets at the other end of the pile.

By this arrangement, the composite web may be divided or torn along lines 11 and 15, as-shown, for instance, in Fig. 6 of the drawing, and a pile or set of sheets removed from the web. The dividing of the record strips along the tear lines 11 will release the record sheets from the adjacent securing- .or end portions terminating short of the adjacent, end portions of the record sheets so as to escape the grip at that point. Thus, after the pile of assembled record sheets and transfer sheets is torn from the composite web, one group of sheets, the transfer sheets, will remain attached together as a unit and will have portions in convenient position to be grasped for removal as one from the group of record sheets. Also, at another point of the pile which has been removed from the web, the other group of sheets, the record sheets, may be grasped without grasping the transfer sheets, so as to facilitate the removal of the transfer sheets from the record sheets of the pile. Thus it will be perceived that the fastening means cooperates to secure together all. the sheets of a pile or set before the pile is severed from the composite web. By the severing operation, some sheets of the pile are released from the securing means and others remain secured together.

The apertures 17 of the stack are shown as of larger diameter than the diameter of the staple wire, and thus, while the staples retain the stack in collocated position and prevent general movement between the strips, the arrangement provides for very slight relative movement between different strips in the stack with respect tothe staple and with respect to each other. Thus when the web is return folded, as in the accordion folding shown, some slight movement of the strips may take place at the fold thereby tending to eliminate lfiulcirling, tearing or unsightly or ungainly The disalignedrelation' of the adjacent pairs of fasteners throughout the stack is designed to provide for the fold of the material in accordion form, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,- with the superimposing of a minimum numher of staples. Thus the staples do not act to increase the thickness of the stack, to an impractical degree, and the arrangement allows flat folding and minimum space for web, and at each fold line when the web. 'is' accordion folded, the te'arin' lines 11 of the record strips being coinci ent with their fold lines. One pair of staples is arranged I in one longitudinal line of the web, while the next adjacent pair if out of alignment therewith to prevent superimposing of the staples in the stack.

By the present construction, it will be seen that the invention provides for the permanent retention of the strips, regardless of whether or not they are folded and provides automatic release of the forms removed from the web, the transfer sheets removed being retained together so that they may be simultaneously removed with great facility. The large holes through which the staples are received provide for limited movement above referred to, thus a cumbersome, ungainly stack is not formed by the. folding of the web.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 5

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A manifolding packet of the class described, including a pair of runner record strips and transfer material interposed between them, the composite web definedby said record strips and said transfer material being zig-zag folded and secur1ng devices passing through the web atl=the fold lines t6 secure all of the laminations ofthe web together, the runner record strips having transverse, weakened tearing lines coincident with thelines of fold, the transfer material being devoid of weakened portlons at the fold lines.

2. 'A manifolding packet of the class described, including a pair of superposed runner record strips, and a strip of carbon pa per interposed between them, all of sald strips being divided at regular intervals by transverse weakened tearing lines, the tearing lines .of the record strips being in reglstration with each other and slightly out of alignment with the tearing lines of the carbon strip and securing devices passingthrough the composite web defined by said record stripsat the tearing lines of the record strips.

3. A mamfolding packet of the class de scribed, including a pair of superposed runner record strips, and a strip of carbon paper interposed between them, all of sald strips being divided at regular intervals by transverse weakened tearing lines, the tearing lines of the record strip being in registrationwith each other and slightly out of alignment with the tearing linesof the carbon strip and securing, devices passing grips at one end of the set and grip-escaping through the composite web defined by said record strips at the tearing lines of the record strips, the composite web being zig-zag folded on the tearing lines of the record strips. v

4. A manifolding packet of the class described including a pair of runner record strips having printed forms thereon and between adjacent forms, being provided with transverse tearing-lines, a runner strip of transfer material interposed between the record strips and having transverse tearing lines therein spaced at distances corresponding to the spacing of the record strip tear lines but slightly offset therefrom, staples passing through the composite web thus formed at the registering tearing lines of the record strips whereby as the record strips are torn along their transverse tearing lines, they are released from the staple, which remains in the transfer strip.

5. Two superposed groups of manifolding strips respectively divided at intervals by registering-transverse lines of severance, the latter in one group of strips being at least partially out of registry with those in the other group of strips to form sets ofinterleaved sheets of said two groups when the strips are severed along said lines of sever-- ance, and means located 1n the superposed groups on the lines of severance of one group at a pointwhere the lines of severance of the other group are off-set to hold all the strips .together before severance and to hold only one group of sheets together after severance of a set of sheets.

6. superposed record strips and interleaved carbon strips respectively divided at intervals by registeringtransverselines 'of severance, the latter in the carbon strips being at least partially out of registry with those in the record strips to form sets of interleaved record and carbon sheets with the latter having finger-grips, at one end and grip-escaping portions at the other end when the strips are severed along said lines of severance, and means located in the superposed strips on the lines of severance of the record strips at a point where the lines of ing at least partially out of registry with those in the record strips to form sets of interleaved record and carbon sheets with fingerportions at the other end of the set when the strips are severed along said lines of sever ance, and means located in the superposed strips on the lines of severance of the carbon strips at a point where lines of severance of the record strips are out of registry with the lines of severance of the carbon strips to holdall the strips together before severance and gitudinally and parallel with relation to those i in the other group of strips to form sets of interleaved sheets of saidtwo groups, and means located in the superposed groups on the lines. of severance of one greup at a point where the lines of severance of the other group are off-set to hold all the strips together before severance and to hold only one group of sheets together after severance of a set of sheets. v

9. Superposed record strips and interleaved carbon strips respectively divided at intervals by registering transverse lines of severance, the latter in the carbon strips being parallel with and out of registry with those in the record strips to form sets of in- 'terleaved record and carbon sheets with the strips at a point where the lines'of severance of the carbon strips are out of registry with the lines of severance ot the record strips to hold all the strips together before severance and to hold only the carbon sheets together after severance of a set of sheets.

10. A manifolding web comprising one or, more transfer strips in interleaved, superposed relation with record strips and having, at intervals, transverse tear lines dividing the superposed strips into a succession of sets of superposed sheets, said tea-r lines of certain of said strips being at least partially out of superposed registry with those of other said strips at respective of said intervals, and means, at respective of said intervals, se-V curing said strips together and cooper-able to release some, but not all, the sheets of a set by dividing such set from the web on said tear lines.

11. A manifolding web comprising one or more transfer strips in interleaved, superposed relation with .record strips and having, at intervals, transverse tea-r lines dividing the superposed strips into a succession of 'sets superposed sheets, said tear lines of 'certaln' of said strips being atleast partially out of superposed registry with those of other said strips at respective of said intervals, and means, at respective of said intervals and lo-' cated in registry with the tear lines of certain I said strips, cooperable to secure all the sheets of a set together before severance from the web and to secure only some of the sheets of such set after severance from the web.

12. A manifolding web comprising one or p more transfer strips in interleaved, superposed relation with record strips and having, at intervals, transverse tear lines dividing the superposed strips into a succession of sets of superposed sheets, said tear lines of certain of said strips being at least partially out of superposed registry with those of other said strips at respective of said intervals, and means, at respective of said intervals, and

located in registry with said tear lines of certain strips where they are out of registry with said tear lines of other said strips, cooperable to secure the sheets of a set together before severance from the web.

13. A manifolding web comprising one or more transfer strips in interleaved, superposed rel-ation with record strips and having,

at intervals, transverse tear lines dividing the superposed stri s into a succession of sets of superposed s eets, and means, at respective of said intervals and located in registry with said tear 'lines of certain of said strips and out of registry with those of other said strips, cooperable to secure the sheets of a set together before severance from the web.

14. A manifolding web comprising one or more transfer strips in interleaved, super posed relation with record strips and having, at intervals, transverse tear lines dividing the superposed strips into a succession of sets of superposed sheets, and also having, at respective of said intervals, a strip-fastener extending through the superposed strips, offset from said tear lines of certain of said strips and coincident with those of other said strips.

15. A manifolding web comprising'one or more transfer strips in interleaved, superposed relation with record strips, both the record strips and the transfer strips having, at intervals, transverse tear lines, the tear lines in the record strips being at least artially out of superposed registry with t ose in the transfer strips at respective of said intervals to form sets of interleaved record and transfer sheets with the latter having finger-grips at one point and grip-esca ing portions at another point consequent rom dividing the strips along said tear lines, and means, at respective of said intervals, securin said strips together and cooperable to re ease some, but not all, he sheets of a so by dividing such set from the web.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 15th day of July, A. D. 1930.

' LOUIS M. SNYDER. 

